April, 2006

April 4 - Happy Anniversary/Happy 1st Birthday Falling Roses Website

April 8 - Happy Birthday Snoogy Doogy Doo!

April 13 - Happy Birthday Moomur

April 28 - Happy Birthday Matthew (Mafoo)  

Upcoming Events (June)

Relay For Life of Wood Grove
Celebrating 10 Years of Hope

June 16-17, 2006
Downers Grove North High School

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Authors of the AMG will be donating books for a silent auction to raise money for the American Cancer Society. A representative from the AMG will mann the booth on Friday, June 16 from 6-10:30 pm.

Relay for life is a community gathering where everyone can participate in the fight against cancer. Teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event----because cancer never sleeps. Relays are an overnight event, up to 24 hours in length.

Gotta Write Network's 2nd Authorfest June 24th, 2006

This event is open to both local and out-of-state authors, big, small, self-published and e-book authors. Editors, PR agents and publishers are welcome! Last year 40 authors attended. The public is invited to attend. The event will be held at: Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL 60193.  Click Here

Grammar Notes

This I found in the      I've always been confused on which one to use when writing lay/lie in a sentence. This is perfect for all of us who have that problem.

Never confuse the verbs lay (meaning to put or place) with lie (meaning to be in a reclining or resting position). If you are unsure whether to use lay or lie in a sentence, substitute the word place for lay or lie. If the sentence still reads appropriately, then lay is the correct choice. If the sentence doesn't make sense, use the correct form of lie. For example:

INCORRECT: I was so tired, I just had to lay down for a few minutes. (If we substitute place for the word lay, the sentence doesn't sound right, so lie is the correct choice.)

Try these:

I was so tired, I just had to lie down for a few minutes.

Since you weren't in your office, I decided to lie the document on your desk.

Since you weren't in your office, I decided to lay the document on your desk.

Correct, Incorrect, Correct

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Events for Next Year

WriterFest 2007 Participating Authors Saturday, April 21, 2007

YES 2007!!

1:00-3:30 Indian Trails Public Library (Large Meeting Room on 1st Floor), 355 South Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling, Illinois 60090 (847) 459-4100

WriterFest is hosted by Buffalo Grove author Michelle True, who is an Internet radio talk show host, book reviewer, poetry webzine publisher, poetry writing and publishing workshop leader, author of three poetry books and one non-fiction book, and editor of two poetry anthologies.

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